Open AccessThe Performance of a Prefaricated Vertical Drains Trails Embankments
Author(s) -
C. Chin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of the institute of engineers, malaysia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0126-513X
DOI - 10.54552/v72i3.49
Subject(s) - piezometer , subsoil , geotechnical engineering , geology , levee , geotextile , settlement (finance) , aquifer , groundwater , soil water , world wide web , computer science , soil science , payment
The full scale trail embankments were constructed to a height of 3.65m over the soft marine clay at Juru, Butterworth,Pulau Pinang. One of the embankments was improved using prefabricated vertical drains (PVD),and the other one without treatment was control embankments. Monitoring instruments such as hydrostatic profile gauges, settlement gauges ,inclino,eters and piezometers were installed in the subsoil to observe the deformation behavior of the embankments under loadings.